Director of Finance AEMEA - New Hotel Openings (Raffles & Fairmont)

About the role

Raffles and Fairmont hotels are looking for a Director of Finance to cover the AEMEA region. The role provides day-to-day finance support and guidance to hotel Directors of Finance, acts as a subject-matter expert on hotel finance processes, systems and USALI, and supports new hotel openings, takeovers and integrations. It is a full-time position based in Dubai.

Key responsibilities

• Support new hotel openings, takeovers and integrations, ensuring finance readiness and effective transition.
• Oversee the quality and accuracy of budgeting, forecasting, accrual and reporting processes.
• Drive consistent onboarding of hotel Finance Directors/Managers through structured tools, SOPs and training.
• Provide interim finance leadership during absences of hotel Finance Directors.
• Review hotel financial performance, challenge key assumptions and identify improvements.
• Support Finance Directors in reviewing Management and Hotel Agreements and related financial obligations.
• Monitor compliance with Management Agreements and the control environment, coach finance teams and strengthen stakeholder relationships.
• Lead trading reviews using KPIs and benchmarking, and prepare regional financial analysis, reporting and presentations.
• Contribute to regional and global finance projects and the rollout of Raffles, Fairmont and Accor policies.
• Monitor hotel and Accor receivables, ensuring timely collection and follow-up of delinquent balances.

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of relevant business experience, including team leadership.
• Significant experience as a hotel Finance Director / Area Finance Director in an international hospitality environment.
• Proven project management experience in a matrix organisation and across multiple business units.
• Experience in an international or global organisation.
• Degree qualified or equivalent in Economics, Accounting/Business or MBA.
• Willingness and ability to travel across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa; experience supporting new hotel openings is desirable.

Required skills

• Strong analytical and numerical capability and knowledge of financial valuation and business performance.
• Knowledge of BI platforms such as Tableau/Power BI.
• Fluent English; French and/or Arabic desirable.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, and proven problem-solving and decision-making.